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A phylogenetic reconstruction of the epidemiological history of canine rabies virus variants in Colombia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2004
Hughes Gareth J, Páez Andrés, Bóshell Jorge, Rupprecht Charles E
Abstract excerpt
Historically, canine rabies in Colombia has been caused by two geographically distinct canine variants of rabies virus (RV) which between 1992 and 2002 accounted for approximately 95% of Colombian rabies cases. Genetic variant 1 (GV1) has been isolated up until 1997 in the Central Region and the Department of Arauca, and is now considered extinct through a successful vaccination program. Genetic variant 2 (GV2)...
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